New York Times Makes Several Fales Claims Regarding Trump CPAC Speech
Image: Insider The New York Times published an article (See Ref. 1) claiming former President Donald Trump's speech at the CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) conference in Florida contained many false and misleading statements. The article titled "Trump Revives Familiar Falsehoods in CPAC Speech" made several accurate fact checks, however, a few of these were false claims . Historic Lows on Illegal Immigrants The New York Times (NYT) makes the claim that "Apprehensions of unauthorized migrants are the best ga…
CNN Delivers Load of False Fact Checks Regarding Trump CPAC Speech
Image: Newsweek CNN released a Fact Check shortly after former President Donald Trump delivered a speech in Florida at the Republican CPAC conference (Conservative Political Action Conference). In the article titled "Fact check: Trump delivers lie-filled CPAC speech" appears to be filled with more falsehoods than claimed of the Trump speech which opens with calling the speech "a speech filled with debunked lies" . Trump Lost the Election Fair and Square CNN states that "Trump lost the election fair and square", ho…
NPR States Inaccurate Numbers in Joe Biden Overstatement Claim
Image: Getty Images 2021 On January 20th, Joe Biden delivered his inaugural address which fact checkers have since combed through for the most party, accurately. However, NPR and other outlets have stated that Biden's statement regarding COVID deaths was overstated. Joe Biden said that: It’s taken as many lives in one year as America lost in all of World War II. NPR claimed that: While the number is close, this is a slight overstatement. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, the total American deaths in World War II totaled 405,…
Washington Post Makes False Claims While Not Finding Antifa
Image: GQ In an article titled "We looked for Antifa at the Capitol — we couldn’t find any" written by Adriana Usero, several false and misleading claims were stated. It is important to note that some current data was not available at the time of the Washington Post piece, however, the articles declares: This article will be updated as we continue our search. Perhaps they haven't search further or had time to update the article? opinion To date, no evidence supports the claim that individuals with Antifa connections formed pa…
FackCheck.org, Reuters, Forbes, and Others Make False Antifa Claims Regarding Capitol Building Storm
FBI Wanted for Capitol Building Siege In an article on FactCheck.org titles "" the author inaccurately claims that: Viral social media posts and a Republican House member have amplified claims wrongly identifying some right-wing figures at the U.S. Capitol riot as part of “antifa.” The claims feed into an unfounded conspiracy theory that anti-fascist activists in disguise orchestrated the event. Whereas they cover many social media posts that are indeed inaccurate evidence of any anti-Trump activist or activist group. They fail to…
POLITIFACT Falsely Claims "There’s no proof Antifa stormed the Capitol"
Image: Win McNamee/Getty Images In a recent POLITIFACT article titled "There’s no proof Antifa stormed the Capitol. The rumor spread quickly anyway", authors Daniel Funke and Bill McCarthy falsely claim that several prominent public figures made false claims regarding the events that took place at the Capitol building on January 6th, 2021 in Washington DC. The article claims that public figures including Paul Gosar, Sarah Palin, Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama, Lin Wood, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Kevin McCullough, Texa…
POLITIFACT Makes False and Misleading Claims Regarding Capitol Building Attack
In an article titled "A day of crisis at the US Capitol, fact-checked", POLITIFACT made several false fact check claims regarding the events in Washington DC on January 6th, 2021. Opinion We would first like to comment on these events and state that there is no excuse for this kind of behavior. It was wrong and those involved should be punished to the full extend of the law. For those who feel disenfranchised or that the election was stolen, we urge each and every individual to be cognizant of the fact that this event was not an app…
